angak

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• angaaq

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aŋaɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋaɣ. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᖓᒃ (angak).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aŋak/, [a.ŋək]

Noun

angak (plural angaat)

1. maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of angak

	singular	plural
absolutive	angak	angaat
ergative	angaap	angaat
allative	angammut	angannut
ablative	angammit	angannit
prosecutive	angakkut	angatsigut
locative	angammi	anganni
instrumental	angammik	angannik
equative	angattut	angattut

References

• angak in Katersat

Yup'ik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *aŋaɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋaɣ. Compare Greenlandic angak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ŋak/, [ˈaŋak]
• Hyphenation: an‧gak

Noun

angak

1. maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of angak (stem: angag-)

	singular	dual	plural
absolutive	angak	angiik	angiit
relative	angiim	angiik	angiit
locative	angagmi	angiigni	angagni
allative	angagmun	angiignun	angagnun
ablative	angagmek	angiignek	angagnek
perlative	angagkun	angiignegun	angiitgun
equative	angagtun	angiigtun	angagcetun

References

• Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 39
• Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “angak”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN